The Wide Teams Podcast
A weekly podcast featuring interviews with people who are making dispersed teams work day by day.
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Encouraging Involvement in Distributed Teams
One of the biggest challenges in remote work is simply making sure everyone has a strong sense of involvement. In this article Steven Baker, a veteran of dispersed agile software development teams, shares his experiences and recommendations for keeping the communication, camaraderie, and personal connections alive in a distributed setting.
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The Well-Equipped Remote Worker
Slides, notes, and links for the talk "The Well-Equipped Remote Worker" delivered on March 5th at the Daycamp 4 Developers 2 virtual conference.
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Celebrating Six Months of Wide Teams!
It's our 6-month anniversary! Come join us for a look back over our first half-year of existence, and tell us what you want us to cover in the future.
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Wide Links #16: Meeting, Coaching, Bridging, Chatting
A heaping helping of links for remote workers today! In this edition, why work often doesn't happen at work; an open thread on managing remote workers; advice for improving communication between the main office and remote workers - and much, much more.
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Saving the Day with Social Media
One of the biggest struggles in a dispersed team is to maintain a sense of connection with your coworkers. Social media can play a role in keeping the team together.
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Wide Teams Podcast Episode 19: Interview with Steven Willmott
In this episode of the Wide Teams podcast, I interview Steven Willmott. of 3Scale. We talk about supporting clients in multiple timezones, what you do when one of your developers who lives on a mountainside and generates his own power gets hit with a snowstorm, and much more!
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The Rambling Remote Worker: Marieke Guy on virtual teams, event amplification, and the future of remote work
Today we are lucky to have a guest post from remote worker and blogger Marieke Guy. In this article she recounts her own transition to remote remote work and then to becoming a champion for remote workers; discusses the concept of "event amplification"; and talks a little about the future of distributed teams.
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Wide Links #14
Another fresh serving of articles and presentations about remote work and distributed teams, from all around the web. In this edition: building trust, collaborating on visual design while distributed, keeping a team together during dry spells, and much more!
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Poll: Favorite screen-sharing software
If you read our Screenshare-palooza post you know there are a plethora of choices when it comes to software for remotely sharing your screen. What's your favorite?
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5 myths of remote work
Working in a dispersed team has its share of challenges, but some of the fears that people have about remote work simply aren't born out by the experience of real-world teams. Here are a few if the more common misconceptions I've encountered.
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